Malzahar vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Malzahar
based on 2,115 Malzahar vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Heimerdinger
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
Advice to Win Against Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Malzahar vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some critical Malzahar versus Heimerdinger matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..
Malzahar normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a good counter for Heimerdinger.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into Heimerdinger.
Additionally, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Heimerdinger matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is an above average counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Heimerdinger build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Heimerdinger than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 52.6% when playing against Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Malzahar, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Malzahar vs Heimerdinger fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.6% winrate overall.
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